Support Us Button Widget

Drink Up Week preview: How to get involved

4hour2

Photo by Oak & Grist

Summertime, and the sippin’ is easy. It’s July, which means Drink Up Week is right around the corner. From July 25-31, 2022, we’re celebrating the best drinks around town + partnering with local companies to give you special deals. It’s definitely a glass half-full kind of situation.

Thirsty to know where to go? We’ll release the full list of collabs ahead of Drink Up Week, but for now, here are three participating locations we’re particularly excited about.

  • Posana
  • Archetype Brewing
  • Cultivated Cocktails

We’ll also be pouring into the Asheville beverage scene with cheers-worthy newsletter content (we know you already subscribe, but if you don’t — here you go). Get ready for:

  • An explainer of how local beers are named
  • A Q+A with Leah Wong
  • A guide to creating top-tier mocktails + cocktails
  • A guide to local coffee shops

We like to think this is a two-way street. That’s why we want you to help us celebrate. If you own, run, or work for a place with great drinks, get things shaking by emailing us. You can even choose your destiny with any or all of these ideas, and we’ll send readers your way.

  • Create a cocktail
  • Name a latte
  • Release a special
  • Host a Drink Up Week night at your establishment

Last call. We want to hear from you — as a consumer. What’s your go-to beverage? Which drink is best buds with your credit card? You can help inform our writing (and maybe another deal or two) by taking this survey. Choose up to three of these 10 categories:

  • Coffee
  • Tea
  • Smoothies + Juices
  • Kombucha
  • Milkshakes
  • Seltzer
  • Wine
  • Beer
  • Cocktails
  • Mocktails

Don’t forget to use the hashtag #DrinkUpWeek on social media, and tag @AVLtoday for a chance to get featured. We can’t wait to see what you’re slurpin’.

More from AVLtoday
Thanks to the lobbying efforts of local leaders, politicians, and business owners, the Blue Ridge Parkway didn’t pass us by.
In partnership with the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, Buncombe County will acquire Deaverview Mountain, meaning the 343-acre mountaintop tract will be conserved as a public park.
Spirit Halloween will strike South Tunnel Road twice, with stores in neighboring shopping plazas.
At this year’s North Carolina Awards, all recipients have made a valuable impact on WNC. Meet the locals who earned NC’s highest honor.
The City of Asheville has partnered with a UK-based entertainment company to begin initial phases of developing a public-private arts facility.
The shop announced it will reopen this November inside The Wyre in the upper RAD. Did we mention there will be dessert pizza?
Bookmark this guide for a curated list of events taking place each month that we’re most looking forward to.
Whether you love them sliced or only baked in a pie, local apples taste better when they’re picked fresh.
Hit up these bars + restaurants to see the upsets on the big screen.
Corner Kitchen in Biltmore Village and Zadie’s Market in Marshall received $50,000 grants through the trust’s Backing Historical Small Restaurants program.